Happy New Years Eve!

Brixens New Shirt : )

Moms Homemade Christmas Punch

Happy New Years Eve everyone! : ) Lucas and I decided we should put up a few pictures to show why we have been neglecting you. Today was a very busy and long day for us. We woke up at noon, later than we both wanted. We went shopping, and of course we found more than we could ask for. The inventory now includes : A new folding table (of which the laptop is now rested on), a new shirt for Brixen (our son to be), Olive Garden (the 2 for $25 deal), a new accent rug for our bedroom (very sophisticated if I might add), and  last but not least a new bra and some panties from Victoria's Secret (yes I dragged him in ha-ha). Thanks to all the gift cards we only ended up spending $29 of our own out of the total $147.33. Yikes! Ha-ha. With money to spare we can now celebrate right for New Years. We have chosen to spend the night visiting with our friend from Yemen. He is working all night without his family there by. We figured that he would like some company since most people will be out partying and that is just not our style. We found some clothes for Franklin at my parents house that seem to be working, but not nearly the amount I would have liked to find. Some of you might be wondering where the name Brixen came from. Lucas and I have refused to give our children names that are commonly used. The name Brixen comes from the town in South Tyrol in Northern Italy. We originally came across it on the website www.thecutekid.com when we were looking to vote for the cute kid of the year. We fell in love with the name immediately. Plus we thought the name would add a ring to our last name. Brixen Matthews Rutherford. : ) I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Years before we go, we have quite the night planned as well. Now if only we could get our hands on some of my mothers home made Christmas Punch.....

Franklin

Welcome Franklin to our family! This is our new Berenguer 14" baby boy doll. We received it from my parents for Christmas. Just an FYI I collect dolls, that is why we received it. Alot of people see collecting dolls as a "weird" hobby, but honestly I think they are very therapeutic and they can go for quite a few dollars on Ebay, and doll forums. There are some dolls called Silicone dolls that range from about $800-$1500 and up. Think it's weird now? Ha-ha. Our next new addition won't be for a while as we need to save, but we have decided to buy a reborn baby girl. They range from about $150-$300. Just another update for you guys reading. Thanks, we will post more often as we are slowly learning how to upload pictures right side up. Have a good day! : )

Work Daze

Well recently Lucas and I received our paychecks from our works. They were severely less than our previous ones. Collectively we made $126 and some change. We began to look at our hours more and found that with him only working two days a week with a total of 6 hours and myself averaging 11 hours a week (not including this past paycheck), we decided we need to sit down with our bosses and find a happy medium. I am on-call half of the time, which leaves me with much free time as they rarely call in on call shifts. My solution was to ask people who receive more hours for their shifts, which seems to be going well. At his work, it is due to seniority who gets hours, but with a new manager coming shortly we are looking forward to his possible increase in hours. He received a raise to $8.25 and hour not long before the holiday season as well as retro pay for the first two months that he was working in the establishment. Although this is exciting, we have failed to see any increase on his actual paycheck as well as hours. If this keeps up, we may be forced to find other means of income- other jobs, garage sales, etc. As you might have seen,  we have uploaded a picture of us from a few months ago at the beginning of this post. More pictures to come, I promise. Thanks for reading! : )

Sorry for the Wait

Well it has been a hectic week for us, and then some. First things first though, Happy Holidays! Lucas and I had quite the day on Christmas making sure that we went to each others Christmas'. Some nice things that we received were:  1.) A new laptop 2.) Ted DVD 3.) Somebody Help Me DVD  4.) Franklin (Our Berenguer Reborn Doll baby 14'' long) and we each got several gift cards. We decided to watch Somebody Help Me first, which I had never seen and most likely wouldn't have ever watched without him. It's about these couples that go out to a cabin as a surprise birthday gift for one of the girls, and start to go missing systematically  It stars Marques Houston and Omarion as Brenden and "D". Not to spoil it but I have to say the most disturbing scene is when the killer rips out a guys eye balls and fingernails as he is strapped in the seat screaming bloody murder literally. On a lighter note, We went to Walmart today and as we were leaving we noticed a homeless man by the stop sign. Knowing we had to stop there anyways, I asked Lucas to get the emergency bag of M&Ms out of my glove box. (Yes I have one of those ha-ha Thanks Mom!) Lucas rolled down the window and handed the appreciative man the bag saying we didn't have much (which was the truth) but that's what we had on us. The man took it and directly after asked if there was any work he could do for more food. We answered no but told him Merry Christmas and drove off. Shortly after, we drove back to Walmart and handed the man a "Care Package". This package included Original Triscuits, three types of Cheez its, bananas, an apple, string cheese, a Turkey sub, and Christmas Cookies specially made by my mother. We also handed him a bag filled with bottled water and orange juice inside. The mans eyes got big and he expressed extreme gratitude for what we had given him. He told us God Bless Us several times. It made me wonder how a man who had nothing could still lean on God in his situation. Although we only spent $15, it felt like we spent so much less. When we left Walmart, the man waved to us and mouthed God Bless You and thank you. I even think in the distance between the car and him I could see his eyes getting watery. It just feels so great to be able to give to those in need especially during the holidays. Today has definitely turned us into big softies. Ha-ha. As the Holiday Season continues, don't forget those in need. Check back for our next post with hopefully some pictures of Franklin and ourselves. Thanks for reading! : )

Holidays

Sorry for the large interval in posts, we have been on the go so much lately due to the holidays. : ) Today, I went to Best Buy to look at Christmas gifts for Lucas. One of the items, they didn't have in store so I got the fantastic experience of ordering one off their computer. I guess we will just have to see when it gets here if it's the one I want. (My toughest conflict is keeping the big secret!) Tonight, we also went to Walmart. We looked at  childrens toys and cologne. (My father mentioned earlier in the day that he would like some cheap cologne.) I was thinking about getting him some Stetson or Adidas  Any opinions? BIG NEWS: Lucas and I are discussing the idea of buying and opening a Childrens clothing store right here in Springfield. Can you say CASHED OUT? I have entertained the idea of also selling reborn dolls in the store, but have yet to talk to Lucas about it. I have always been a huge fan of Reborn babies and toddlers and  I somehow feel like the dolls themselves may increase the beauty of our store location. My loudest thought seems to be that the dolls could be the mannequins and show off some products we have in the store. Models are needed as well, so feel free to upload pictures and we will look them over. : ) Thanks for reading!

Long Day

Today we scrolled through all the photos on our laptop, and we found little Leah and uncle Lucas. <3 Now if only we could get the pictures to upload right side up. Just a small update: Our little family has been tested in the past week, but we have grown closer since the news. Since then we have decided to make a purchase to build our family up again, pictures to come. Although the news devastated us in the beginning, we have grown not only as a couple but as a family as well. Ebay is my only hope right now. Gotta go bid. Stay tuned. : )

First Post : )

Welcome to relaxingwiththerutherfords.blogspot.com! This blog is run by Lucas and Brittany Rutherford, the proudest aunt and uncle to two of the cutest children out there. <3 A little bit about ourselves: We are young adults, living together under one roof. We love spending time with our niece and nephew, Leah and Jeremy. We are both currently employed as well as attending school. Keep up on our site, as we will not disappoint. We plan to upload a new post every day, so check back. : ) Enjoy!